Improvement in vest-shirts



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MIOAJAH E. BUBRIS, OF NEW YORK, N.'Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEST-SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2 19,214,v datedSeptember 2, 1879 application filed April 23, 1879.

of this specification.

My invention consists of a garment constructed to form the back andfront of a vest and the bosom of a shirt, and provided withshirt-sleeves, cuffs, and collar, constituting in one garment a vest andshirt, which I call a vest-shirt, as hereinafter more fully de scribed,andas shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of thegarment open. Fig. 2 is the same view showingthe garment buttonedtogether. Fig. 3 is a front jview of the garment without thevest-lapels. Fig. 4. is a back view.

A A represent the fronts of the vest portion of the garment, providedwith the usual pockets at a. I

B B represent the shirt-fronts sewed to the garment from the top to thepoints shown at a to, leaving the lower ends free to form an opening forinserting'the ends of the cravat between the lower part of theshirt-bosom and the upper partof the vest.

The vest portion of the garment is provided with theusual roll collarsor lapels b b, which may be sewed on or attached by buttons.

0 0 represent sleeves provided with shirtcuifs c c, and D represents ashirt-collar, which cuffs and collar may be sewed on or attached bymeans of buttons in the usual way.

E represents the back of the garment, made like an ordinary vest-back.

The entire front of the vest and shirt portions may be made of the samematerial, or the vest portion may be made of duck or any other suitablevesting, and the shirt portion of the front may be made of linen orother suitable material for shirt-fronts.

When the entire front of the garment is made of the same material, thevest rolls or lapels may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings.

This garment dispenses entirely with the ordinary shirt-skirt, thedesign being to wear it over the undershirt in the place of the usualouter shirt and vest; and it is especially adapted for use by personstraveling a great deal and all persons requiring frequent changes ofshirts and vests. It may be made at an expense of but little, if any,more than the -expense of either a shirt or vest made separate, andhence issaved nearly the whole cost of one of those garments; and thiscombined garment requires less room in packing than the two madeseparate, and the launder- I What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. The vest-shirt having the vest-fronts A A and the shirt-fronts B B,and provided with the lapels b b, the separate shirt-fronts beingattached to the vestfronts and left free at the lower parts to form anopening to receive the cravat, the garment being also provided with oradapted to receive the collar D, and having the sleeves O G, providedwith or adapted to receive the ends 0 c, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. In a vest-shirt, the shirt-fronts B B, at-

tached to the vest-fronts A A, and left free at A the lower parts toform an opening for the,

reception of a cravat, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

\ M. ELLIOTT BURRIS.

Witnesses:

J NO. W. FILLING, O. S. DRURY.

